The oceanographic vessel namedHelmer Hanssen belongs to the University of Tromsø, which uses it for climate studies and bottom trawling. Image: Erlend Bjørtvedt / Wikimedia While we are struggling to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, Norwegian scientists have just...
Archive photo: Polar bear mothers are currently coming out of their winter quarters and searching for food in Svalbard’s fjords. They have their cubs with them. Image: Michael Wenger UPDATE The first results of the investigations by the authorities have shown...
For Russia, gold sales are an important source of revenue. Annually, 340 tons of the precious metal are mined. In Russia, fishing and ice fishing are one of the most popular spare time activities. Now a new one is likely to join them soon. As daily newspaper Vedomosti...
Tuberculosis hits Nunavut again. This time, it is in Pond Inlet with five active cases of TB and twenty-two latent cases. Image : Michael Wenger. A new tuberculosis (TB) epidemic has reached the community of Pond Inlet in Nunavut, Canada. This disease, contained in...
Glaciated mountains, steep slopes, picturesque towns at their base: Greenland is often compared to Switzerland in terms of landscape. The dangers that threaten such landscapes are also similar. Images: Michael Wenger / WikiCommons Switzerland and the Arctic are...